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GGood morning. A 36-year-old man has been charged in relation to Cleo Smith’s alleged abduction. According to the United Nations, countries have failed adapt to unavoidable climate change. And less than 2% of the Great Barrier Reef’s coral reefs have escaped bleaching since 1998.

Police from West Australia have charged 36-year-old manTerence Darrell Kelly regarding the alleged abduction Cleo SmithThe four-year-old girl was found alive 18 days after her disappearance. Cleo was found in a Carnarvon room by officers on Wednesday morning. She is located 900km north Perth, 75km from the place her family was camping on 16 October. Kelly was taken into custody by officers who rescued Cleo, and later questioned over the abduction. According to police, he is not related to her family.

Unavoidable climate damage has been prevented from many countries. the UN said Thursday, at the Cop26 summit. The most vulnerable countries are the developing ones, but they lack the funds to protect their people and resources from flooding and droughts, as well as sea level rises. The UN Environment Programme stated that they will likely need between US $140bn to $300bn per year to deal with the impacts. However, they received only $80bn in climate financing in 2019, which included cash to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Less than 2% of the Great Barrier Reef’s coral has escaped bleaching since 1998, According to a new report Friday’s publication in the journal Current Biology. The world’s largest coral reef system has suffered five mass bleaching events in that time – caused by rising ocean temperatures driven by the burning of fossil fuels – which have undermined its survival. The most severe bleaching event yet was the most recent. The research found areas “earmarked earlier as candidate refuges” had now experienced severe or moderate bleaching at least once.

Australia

The Institute of Public Affairs paid to push targeted Facebook ads based on a “faulty analysis” claiming net zero would cause massive job losses in key Liberal and National seats during last month’s Coalition infighting. Last month, as the Coalition debated a net zero 2050 policy, the IPA paid for a series of Facebook and Instagram ads targeting the electorates of Nationals Barnaby Joyce, David Littleproud, Mark Coulton, Ken O’Dowd and Anne Webster, as well as the Liberal trade minister, Dan Tehan.

The Coalition’s voter ID bill could be challenged in courtAs a disproportional measure that excludes people voting Prof Anne Twomey is a constitutional law expert. The Morrison government insists nobody would be completely prevented from voting but Twomey argues the proposed legislation could still be struck down for the “imposition of additional administrative burdens that make it more difficult to vote or discourage people from voting”.

Emergency service volunteers in New South Wales’ far west are under-resourced and under-supported, leaving large stretches of the region without local road crash rescue services, former volunteers say. As state and international borders open up, traffic is expected to increase, which will lead to more crashes, raising fears about the State Emergency Service’s ability to respond in the region.

The world

Facebook has removed a post by Ethiopia’s prime minister for “inciting and supporting violence” as diplomats stepped up attempts to instigate a ceasefire in the country’s year-long civil war. Abiy Ahmed, the winner of the 2019 Nobel peace prize, vowed to “bury” his government’s enemies in a Facebook post on Sunday as forces from the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) moved closer to Addis Ababa.

About half of the world’s fossil fuel assets will be worthless by 2036 under a net zero transition, according to researchNature Energy published the study. Countries that take too long to decarbonize will suffer, but those that move quickly will reap the benefits. The study shows that renewables and investment in the early stages of the transition will more than compensate for the economic losses.

Uneven vaccine coverage and a relaxation of preventive measures have brought Europe to a “critical point” inThe pandemic, the World Health Organization has saidWith cases at near-record levels again and 500,000 more deaths expected by February,

Recommended readings

Director and Oscar-winning producer Eva Orner’s new exposé, Burning, about Australia’s bushfire season of 2019-2020, is “the documentary Australia and – I think it is fair to say – the entire world deserves”, Luke Buckmaster. Premiering in Australia at Sydney’s film festival, before it arrives on Amazon Prime Video 26 November. Burning Explores how increased fire severity and frequency has been caused by anthropogenic climate change. “This is a tremendously well-made film with a burning vitality,” Buckmaster says. “Without question one of the most important Australian documentaries of the 21st century so far.”

For all the advances that have been made in recent decades, disabled people cannot yet participate in society “on an equal basis” with others – and the pandemic has led to many protections being cruelly eroded. “What does the utopian city look like, the one in which I participate ‘on an equal basis’ with others”? I have an inkling,” writes Jan Grue. “I can envision the broad sidewalks and the spacious metro cars departing from perfectly level platforms. I can’t see or imagine a world in which it takes me no more effort than the average person, regardless of their status. Where the difference between us is erased and I, driving my large, black, powered wheelchair, blend into the crowd.”

“Living together has a curious intimacy, a closeness that is hard to predict or plan for, that moves beyond the practicalities and logistics of actually physically moving in together,” writes Patrick Lenton, reflecting on what he’s learned after moving in with his partner during lockdown. “There is a blend of freedom and big brother style scrutiny that you can’t really prepare for if you’ve never done it before,” he says. “What I’ve found most interesting is the experience of seeing myself through the lens of my partner – of being suddenly aware of my own actions and routines through her eyes.”

Listen

When Scott Morrison left Australia to attend the global climate summit in Glasgow, he left prepared to defend Australia’s checkered position on global heating. When he arrived in Europe, another diplomatic disaster had already begun with the French.

Lenore and Mike Ticher speak to Gabrielle Jackson about Scott Morrison’s leadership on the global stage.

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Sport

Australia had to defeat Bangladesh in the T20 World Cup. They also had to thrash themThey would have to win South Africa and take control of the second semi final spot. The rest was history. one of the most one-sided contests in the historyT20 World Cup: A victory by eight wickets with 82 balls left.

Media roundup

Katherine will go into a 72-hour lockdownAfter a man tested positive for Covid-19 in the area, the first case in the Northern Territories of community transmission was confirmed. NT NewsReports School principals warned that the decision to extend lockdown for unvaccinated persons up to 15 December could prevent some students in year 12 from attending their final formals and graduations. according to the Sydney Morning Herald.

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Angus Taylor will deliver a speech about net zero at the Policy Exchange conference.

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